Culture-Building the Metamodern Regenerative Village

Culture-Building the Metamodern Regenerative Village

February 25, 2026 · 1h 34m · Episode 26

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A conversation with Marcelo Peterlini about the strategy behind the metamodern regenerative village vision and the challenges of building intentional communities.

See the companion Substack article for more info about the Lighthouse village vision! A conversation with Marcelo Peterlini about the strategy behind the metamodern regenerative village vision — why most intentional communities fail, how we can build differently through smaller experiments, and what capacities it might take to live in a new-and-ancient way together. We get into curation, decision-making beyond postmodern consensus, the sacred secular operating system, and why the lighthouse beams but doesn't knock on doors. Other articles I've written about the Lighthouse vision: A Vow to Soul : how the vision first emerged in 2020 Post-Healing Intentional Communities Temple and Village: Transmission as Relationship List of transformational communities Sourcekeepers Guild What (the heck) is Metamodernism? Illuminating Our Journey as Boulder Lighthouse Collective Mapping the Magic of PachaMama The End of Coaching

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